NATIONAL
PROGRAMME FOR ANALYSIS OF ON-THE-FARMSOW
RECORDS-
Utilization of results by the farmer
-
Analysis of factors of productivity
National computerized programme for analysis of on-the-farm
sowrecords
J. DAGORN
Institut
technique
duPorc, 149,
vue deBercy,
75579 Cedex 12
The National
computerized
programme foranalysis
of on-the-farm sow records was elabo- ratedby
thefollowing organisms :
U. N. M. K., I. T. P. and I. N. R. A. and started in 1970. The purpose is thefollowing :
- individual utilization of the programme :
supply
of accurate informations to the farmer about the meanperformances
of his herd and the situation of the latter ascompared
to areference group ;
- collective utilization : establishment of a o data bank » from the informations collected
allowing
estimation of the realefficiency
of new animalproduction techniques.
On October Ist 1974, this programme included 3 250farmers, among which
8 3
p. 100 were members of an association of animalproducers.
Within two years, the increase in the numericalproductivity
of the sows was about Ipiglet
per sow and per year, while the size of the herds increasedby
12 sows.On